Queens With Cats
In artistic traditions spanning ancient Greek statuary through nineteenth-century academic painting, felines accompanying queens and noblewomen present a curious iconographic puzzle. These creatures oscillate between symbolizing divine mystery and earthly companionship, their presence suggesting both transcendent wisdom and intimate domesticity. Whether rendered in Late Medieval frescoes or Baroque canvases, the cat’s enigmatic gaze beside royal figures creates a compelling visual dialogue about femininity, power, and the liminal spaces between sacred and profane realms.
A queen in green on a throne with cats (108)
A queen in red with cats (092)
A noblewoman with a crystal and a cat (107)
A queen with cats in a patterned room (103)
A queen with ladies-in-waiting, cats and other creatures (101)
A queen with cats gazing into a misty valley (106)
A queen in pink satin with cats (099)
A queen with an armful of cats (098)
A queen with cats in a forest (095)
A queen in green with cats (094)
A queen in white and gold with hummingbirds and cats (084)
A Greek noblewoman with cats (035)
A noblewoman in brown satin with cats (089)
A queen in a forest with cats (060)
A queen in blue with white cats (077)
A queen with gray kittens (074)
A queen in a forest with cats (064)
A queen in green with black cats (097)
A queen in white with cats (065)
A closeup of a smiling queen with kittens (079)
A queen in white and red with cats (082)
A queen in brown velvet with cats (009)
A queen in blue and white with cats (059)
A queen in gold with hummingbirds and cats (085)
A queen in a palace with cats (062)
A queen in white with a cat and hummingbirds (087)
A Rococo queen with cats (057)
A queen with geometric solids and cats (053)
A Rococo noblewoman in brown velvet with kittens (008)
A queen in black with cats (050)
A dozing queen in green with cats (049)
A queen in elaborate robes with a cat (043)
A marble statue of noblewoman with cats (042)
A closeup of a noblewoman with kittens (041)
A saintly queen in red and white with cats (029)
A queen in white with cats by the sea (022)
A queen in copper and silver satin with cats (019)
A queen in burgundy and gold with cats, by the sea (014)
A queen in a colonnaded palace, with cats (010)
A closeup of a queen with gray cats (004)
A wavy-haired queen with cats (001)